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PORT ALEXANDER FISH AN D GAME 

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A REsaimo m» THT PORT mnMosK nsH wc ok nmscry ocmnTEE opposnc m toposed is-yem 



OONTI^CT EXTBCIOM Rft LOUISUW PKIHC'S lOKKM RLP CGNWCT 



ueS/IS, the SD-yea- contract arrantly uscl ly lAilsIni Pacific's Ketdilkar Pulp Cd^parv (UV) 

 gtws inc an unfair aalget aA«antage over ottar tMor luirassK and apcluslw H^ to tidtar 

 rasouxBs; and 



IKREIG. tfe tens of ttat oontract tort nagotlatad 1n 1954 and are enHraly Inapfroprlata fa- 

 today's Mrtiet and latiral raaoroa conditiara In Southnst Alaska; and 



weSAS, raking LFK tirtw operations the prkrHy for the laia ii aBi t of the Tcngsss (btlanal Forest 

 danages other niltiple use resorces loportant for SoiAheast Alaslca's econcny Including sit>s1stence, 

 touism, recreation, fish and wildlife habHjt; and 



MQCAS, KSt of the tWw to sin>1y li^'s ramlnlng contract will be logged In the northart) 

 Tongass, an wm not In the corrtract for Its tlnter sinily. Indicating that logging in the ^ndflcd 

 VC contmrt area 1s not sustainable; and 



yuCV&t the eoonoric base in the northern Tongass, Wrtch Includes oaaexial and sport fishing, 

 recreation, tau*l9M, and svtslstanoe hunting and fisMug, irlll be dangad tf iiBUEtalrable logging to 

 ■■t LPK's contract oontinues; and 



WBSf&, Lnc «as oorwlcted of a felony and 13 other charges due to violations of clean Mrtar and 

 clean air la« in iaS6; and 



l«0EAS. the lonH'n economic diversity nl stability of northern Southeast Alaska and the vrthv 

 pehhendle region will be daooged by the proposed 15-yMr esctension of WC's ttitw contract. 



MREFFE BE IT RESCLVED that the Port Alexv^der Fish and Geoe Advisory Canrittee opposes ary 

 axbcnslon of Louisiana Pacific's Ketchikan Pulp Coopaty's 50-yeer contract with the U.S. Forest 

 Sarvlce. 



BE n FUmCR RESCLVED ttiat Louisiana Pacific's Ketchikan Pulp Cbainv's SO-year oontract with the 

 \iS. Forest Service should be revoked Imdiately due to breaches of 1U contract. 



IE IT RFT}£R RESXVGD that a copy of this resolution shall be Blled to Toiv Knowles, GoMnwr of 

 tte State of Alaska and to the Tongass Land Mnagoent Planning Tnb of the USDA Forest Service. 



MXnO) JliC 25, 1396. 



Mia KCcmll , ChBirvan 



Serving ibe Alaska Board of Fisbedes and Alaska Board of Game 



